6 Most Beautiful Places To Visit In Switzerland

If you think Switzerland is all about watches, holey cheese, and financial bankers, maybe it’s time you actually went there for a visit. If you’re questioning why you should, let’s just answer one or two of those doubts which are crossing your mind.

No, Switzerland isn’t just about snowboarding or skiing down alpine slopes. Yes, they do manufacture some of the best chocolate in the world. Which in itself, is quite probably reason enough to get on a plane and go there without too much in-depth contemplation. Is there anywhere to visit other than chocolate factories or anything else to do other than going on the piste? Yes, there is.

Just check out these 7 amazing places to visit in Switzerland and it won’t be long before you’re purchasing your flight ticket.

# Harder Kulm

You’re going to need a serious head for heights if you’ve added the Harder Kulm to your list of places to visit in Switzerland. No beating about the bush, if you don’t have one, you might want to scroll on to place number five on the list, because just reading about this place will make you dizzy.

If you’re brave enough, take the cable car up for over a kilometre then step out onto the footbridge to look up to the famous Eiger, which overshadows all the other peaks, then down onto the lakes of Brienz and Thun far below. The altitude will leave you completely mind-boggled.

# Château de Chillon, Montreux

If you’re thinking, oh no, not another medieval Swiss castle, well you’d basically be right. But the Château de Chillon, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, has a lot more to offer than dungeons and historical exhibitions. It has wine. Very good quality wine, which shines a different light on things, doesn’t it?

Apart from the amazing exhibitions in the Château de Chillon, which include graffitti by none other than the 19th century poet, Lord Byron, the chateau has its own vineyard and after a tour round the medieval artefacts, you’ll get to indulge in a glass or two of the delicious Clos de Chillon which they produce.

# Mount Pilatus

All folklore, myths and legends originate somewhere and Mount Pilatus in Switzerland is well known for inspiring more than a few. So if you like tall stories as well as stunning scenery, this is a place you’ll just have to visit. Reputed to have once been inhabited by dragons, though none have been spotted recently, it does have the world’s steepest cog railway which you can ride on to get to the top. The seriously steep angle of ascent is scarier than many roller-coaster rides so be prepared.

# The Rhine Falls

Seen one waterfall seen them all? Not true. If you’re in Switzerland, you really should take in the magnitude of the Rhine Falls, one of the not-to-be-missed waterfalls in Europe. The best way to do it? On a boat ride which gets up close to the tumultuous waters that cascade over the rocks of this one-hundred and fifty metre wide wonder of nature.

There’s more than just a major flow of water at the Rhine Falls too. The falls are overlooked by the enormous castle Schloss Laufen which you need to cross an arched viaduct to reach, but what will really grab your attention is the fantastic activity centre, the Rhine Falls Adventure Park. Yes, you really can zip-line for half a kilometre, on the Panorama Express, to see the falls from a completely unique angle. It’s wild.

# The Matterhorn

There are many famous mountains and then there are mountains which are iconic. The Matterhorn in Switzerland is one of the latter. In truth it’s not just a mountain, but more of a monument to the people who have died trying to climb it. The Matterhorn stands at a colossal four and a half thousand metres plus high from its base to the summit of its four-faced pointed peak. While you might not be contemplating climbing the Matterhorn, scale some heights by taking a ride in Europe’s highest cable car to view all thirty-eight alpine mountains and get a closer look at what makes the Matterhorn so memorable.

# Landwasser Viaduct Bridge

Some man-made structures defy definition and the Landwasser Viaduct bridge in Switzerland is one of those. Its monumental arches, all six of them, which curve sixty-five metres high above the Landwasser river, are even more amazing when you consider they were built almost two hundred years ago. They really are an incomparable feat of engineering and architecture which needs to be seen to be appreciated. Ride over them on the Glacier Express by jumping on at Chur Station, in the direction of St Moritz. See if you’re brave enough to look down before disembarking in Filisur.